UK Water firm fined £1.8m over parasite outbreak.
South West Water has been fined almost £2m after the supply in and around Brixham, Devon, was contaminated with the parasite cryptosporidium.
The utility firm was sentenced to the record fine for a drinking water offence at Exeter Magistrates’ Court following a prosecution brought by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI).
The company pleaded guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption at an earlier hearing, offering a “full and unreserved apology”.
